As a followup to the Announcement (above) about Antivirus and Firewall programs, I thought I would post this list that I compiled for another forum. Hope it is of use to some of you.
NOW! That‘s What I Call Software. 1.
ALL these programs are FREE to download and use. Most will work on Vista
Just read every page during installation, because some of them will install a toolbar on your browser by default UNLESS you UNTICK the option.
FIREWALLS
REMEMBER that you can have a software Firewall on the computer and a hardware firewall on a router but NOT two firewalls on a computer.
After installing one of the following Firewalls, check with the Security Centre (Start -> Control
Panel -> Security Centre -> Windows Firewall) that the Windows Firewall is OFF. Some installations will turn it off automatically but some do not, SO CHECK!
Ashampoo Firewall
Review
Comodo Firewall
Review
Note! Comodo Firewall is now part of Comodo Internet Security Suite = Comodo AntiVirus + Comodo Firewall, but you can install just the firewall if you use a different AntiVirus.
Outpost Firewall
Review
PC Tools Firewall
Review
Webroot Desktop Firewall
Review
Zone Alarm
Review
ANTI-SPYWARE, ANTI-MALWARE
NOTE! Most Free versions of AntiSpyware software do not provide ‘real-time’ cover. They are ideal for weekly scans and removal of infections, but do not prevent your computer getting infected.
WinPatrol, Windows Defender, Spyware Terminator and Spyware Blaster are real-time system protectors.
A Squared Free
Review
Ad-Aware Free - Anniversary Edition
Review
Malwarebytes AntiMalware
Review
Spybot Search & Destroy
Review
Spyware Blaster
Review
Spyware Doctor AntiSpyware
Review
Spyware Terminator
Review
Note! If installing, watch for the option, already pre-ticked, to make Crawler your default search engine.
SuperAntiSpyware
Review
Windows Defender
Review
WinPatrol
Review
ANTI-VIRUS
REMEMBER to only have ONE Antivirus programme running at any time.
You can have more than one installed but only one running.
Avira AntiVir PE
Review
AVG AntiVirus 8
Review
Avast
Review
BitDefender Free
Review.
Note! BitDefender does not provide real-time protection.
Comodo AntiVirus
Review
Note! Comodo AntiVirus is now part of Comodo Internet Security Suite = Comodo AntiVirus + Comodo Firewall. The AntiVirus can be installed on it's own if you already have a Firewall program that you want to continue using.
PC Tools AntiVirus
Review
Spyware Doctor With Antivirus 5.5 SE
Review
OTHER INTERNET PROTECTION
McAfee Site Advisor
Note! McAfee SiteAdvisor™, a plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, tests, analyzes and rates websites in detail for unsafe or annoying practices such as dangerous downloads, spamming, misuse of personal information and browser hijacking.
CLEANERS & REG BACKUP
ATF Cleaner
Ccleaner
This is a mild registry cleaner but it is also very good at removing temp files etc from your computer.
I have instructions for setting it up if anyone needs them.
Eusing
Malwarebytes AntiMalware
ERUNT Registry Backup
Review and Instructions
TOOLS
CWShreader
Host Files
Block unwanted Parasites, instructions are on the site.
Microsoft Power Toys
PC Inspector Smart recovery will recover data from Flash cards etc and any form of digital camera data carrier.
Recuva
Smitfraud Fix
Vundo Fix
Remember the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool that updates and runs a scan on ‘Update Tuesdays’ can also be run manually.
Start -> Run -> type MRT -> OK. Then run a quick or full scan.
DEFRAGMENTERS
Defraggler
Diskeeper Lite
O & O Defrag 2000
REGISTRY EDITING
WARNING! Before editing the registry it should be backed up.
Back Up & Restore Windows Registry
SHIFTERS & MOVERS
Revo Uninstaller
In the final clean up only delete entries in bold type
Unlocker
MoveOnBoot
These are only some of the FREE software to help protect you computer.
There is a lot more at the following download sites.
http://filehippo.com/
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
The links to Reviews of some Programs may not be for the latest review available. They are intended to give you some ideas of what the programs are about, and give readers the incentive to search further.
I accept no responsibility for errors and omissions.
dave
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